Marranos
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Marranos were Iberian Jews who outwardly converted to Christianity under pressure during the late Middle Ages and early modern period while often secretly maintaining Jewish beliefs and practices.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bnei Anusim | 1 |
| Conversos | 1 |
| Crypto-Jews of Iberia | 1 |
| Marranos canonical | 1 |
| New Christians | 1 |
| The Marranos of Spain | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9361423 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marranos Context triple: [Iberian diaspora, hasRelatedConcept, Marranos]
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A.
Moriscos
Moriscos were former Muslims in Spain who had been forcibly converted to Christianity and later faced widespread suspicion, discrimination, and eventual expulsion in the early 17th century.
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B.
The Spanish Jew's Tale
"The Spanish Jew's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presenting a story told by the character known as the Spanish Jew.
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C.
Mouriscas
Mouriscas is a civil parish in the municipality of Abrantes, located in central Portugal.
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D.
Toledano
Toledano is the Spanish term used to refer to people or things originating from the historic city of Toledo in central Spain.
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E.
Riba-roja d’Ebre
Riba-roja d’Ebre is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, situated along the Ebro River in the comarca of Ribera d’Ebre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Marranos Target entity description: Marranos were Iberian Jews who outwardly converted to Christianity under pressure during the late Middle Ages and early modern period while often secretly maintaining Jewish beliefs and practices.
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A.
Moriscos
Moriscos were former Muslims in Spain who had been forcibly converted to Christianity and later faced widespread suspicion, discrimination, and eventual expulsion in the early 17th century.
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B.
The Spanish Jew's Tale
"The Spanish Jew's Tale" is one of the narrative poems within Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's collection *Tales of a Wayside Inn*, presenting a story told by the character known as the Spanish Jew.
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C.
Mouriscas
Mouriscas is a civil parish in the municipality of Abrantes, located in central Portugal.
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D.
Toledano
Toledano is the Spanish term used to refer to people or things originating from the historic city of Toledo in central Spain.
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E.
Riba-roja d’Ebre
Riba-roja d’Ebre is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, situated along the Ebro River in the comarca of Ribera d’Ebre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iberian Jews
ⓘ
conversos ⓘ crypto-Jews ⓘ historical ethnic-religious group ⓘ |
| accusedOf | Judaizing ⓘ |
| country |
Kingdom of Aragon
ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to:
Castile
Portugal ⓘ |
| descendants |
Sephardi Jews
ⓘ
crypto-Jewish communities in Latin America ⓘ crypto-Jewish communities in the American Southwest ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| faced |
confiscation of property
ⓘ
execution ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ torture ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Conversos
ⓘ
linked to:
Marranos
Cristianos nuevos ⓘ Crypto-Jews of Iberia ⓘ
linked to:
Marranos
New Christians ⓘ
linked to:
Marranos
Secret Jews ⓘ |
| language |
Ladino
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
legal pressure
ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ social pressure ⓘ threat of death ⓘ threat of expulsion ⓘ |
| notablePractice | outward conformity to Catholic rites while maintaining Jewish identity in secret ⓘ |
| persecutedBy |
Portuguese Inquisition
ⓘ
Spanish Inquisition ⓘ |
| practicedInSecret |
Jewish dietary laws
ⓘ
Jewish holidays ⓘ Jewish prayer ⓘ Jewish rituals ⓘ Sabbath observance ⓘ |
| region | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Alhambra Decree
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Expulsion of 1492
Portuguese forced conversions of 1497 ⓘ Spanish Expulsion of the Jews in 1492 ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Expulsion of 1492
|
| religionOutward | Christianity ⓘ |
| religionSecret | Judaism ⓘ |
| socialStatus | often discriminated against as New Christians ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Inquisition trials
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Inquisition
Jewish historical studies ⓘ studies of religious dissimulation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early modern period
ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Marranos Description of subject: Marranos were Iberian Jews who outwardly converted to Christianity under pressure during the late Middle Ages and early modern period while often secretly maintaining Jewish beliefs and practices.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Marranos
linked to: Marranos
linked to: Marranos
linked to: Marranos
linked to: Marranos